Online Marketing, SEO & Tech.

Results of my first Ecommerce attempt.
The store failed. This started as an experiment to sell wall stickers and decals through drop-shipping on Ali Express and I slowly added other homewares to the catalog in order to try and make more sales.
Website: http://www.happynest.com.au
Platform: Shopify
Traffic Sources: Google AdWords and Facebook ads.
The most expensive thing about this store was the time I had to invest in actually finding items, adding them to the store and writing descriptions for them.

The store had about 500 unique visitors and only 2 people added an item to their cart and filled out all their details.
Why did it fail? I don’t know yet. It could have been the wrong type of traffic that I sent there, the pricing might have been off, the products might have not been exactly what people wanted, the descriptions and photos might not have been up to scratch, the timing might have been off.
All in all I spent about $300 in cash and about 40 hours of work.
What I learned was my way around the Shopify platform and that you should really pick a product that you have an interest in. I lost momentum quickly because I simply wasn’t interested in the product.
On to the next experiment 🙂